Amos Otis celebrated his 28th birthday with a homer, double and single as the Royals defeated the White Sox, 8-6. Vada Pinson also had a homer for the Royals and scored four times. The Royals bunched five hits, including triples by Pinson and George Brett and a double by Tony Solaita, for three runs in the first inning.

Pinson's homer came in the second and Otis hit for the circuit following a pass to Pinson in the fifth. John Mayberry singled, driving in Pinson and Otis, to produce the Royals' winning margin in the sixth. [The Sporting News]



Kansas City Royals 8, Chicago White Sox 6
Game Played on Saturday, April     26, 1975 (Day game) at Royals Stadium
White Sox    0  0  2    0  0  0    2  2  0  -   6  8  0
Royals       3  1  0    0  2  2    0  0  x  -   8 12  0


White Sox            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Nyman lf              4   1   1   2     0   0   .197      Pinson rf             3   4   2   1     1   0   .194
Orta 2b               4   0   1   0     1   1   .262        Cowens rf           1   0   0   0     0   1   .182
Kelly rf              4   2   2   0     1   0   .310      Otis cf               5   2   3   2     0   0   .316
Melton 3b             4   0   1   2     0   1   .241      Mayberry dh           3   0   1   2     1   0   .204
Henderson cf          4   1   1   1     0   0   .344      McRae lf              3   1   1   0     1   0   .262
May 1b                4   0   1   0     0   1   .379      Solaita 1b            4   1   1   1     0   2   .231
D. Johnson dh         1   0   0   1     2   0   .273      Brett 3b              4   0   2   1     0   1   .310
Dent ss               3   1   0   0     0   0   .220      White 2b              3   0   0   0     1   0   .190
  Sharp ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .227      Patek ss              4   0   1   0     0   1   .213
  Richard ss          0   0   0   0     0   0   .500      Martinez c            4   0   1   0     0   0   .194
Downing c             3   1   1   0     0   1   .149      Briles p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Muser ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Mingori p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Bahnsen p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Bird p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Osborn p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               33   6   8   6     4   4             Totals               34   8  12   7     4   5

Time of Game: 2:42   Attendance:  8,749
Left on Base: White Sox 6, Royals 6
DP: White Sox 2, Royals 1
Doubles: Melton (3), Henderson (3), Orta (4), Solaita (2), Otis (3), Brett (3)
Triples: Nyman (2), Pinson (1), Brett (1)
Home Runs: Pinson (1), Otis (3)
Sacrifice Flies: D. Johnson (1)
GIDP: Dent (3), Mayberry (1), Martinez (2)
Hit by Pitch: Nyman (2,by Briles)


White Sox              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Bahnsen L(0-3)          4     8   6   6   3   2   2  21  11.74
Osborn                  4     4   2   2   1   3   0  17   4.50
Totals                  8    12   8   8   4   5   2  38

Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Briles W(2-0)           7.1   6   6   6   4   4   0  32   3.09
Mingori                 0     1   0   0   0   0   0   1   1.80
Bird SV(3)              1.2   1   0   0   0   0   0   6   0.00
Totals                  9     8   6   6   4   4   0  39

Hit by Pitch: Briles (1)

Umpires: HP - Bill Deegan, 1B - Russ Goetz, 2B - Merle Anthony, 3B - George Maloney


WHITE SOX 1ST: Nyman lined to first; Orta walked; Kelly singled
[Orta to third]; Melton was called out on strikes; Henderson
flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  White Sox 0, Royals
0.

ROYALS 1ST: Pinson tripled; Otis singled [Pinson stayed at
third]; Mayberry grounded into a double play (shortstop to
first) [Pinson scored, Otis out at second]; McRae singled;
Solaita doubled [McRae scored]; Brett tripled [Solaita scored];
White grounded out (shortstop to first); 3 R, 5 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
White Sox 0, Royals 3.

WHITE SOX 2ND: May grounded out (second to first); D. Johnson
grounded out (shortstop to first); Dent popped to shortstop; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 0, Royals 3.

ROYALS 2ND: Patek singled; Martinez grounded into a double play
(shortstop to second to first) [Patek out at second]; Pinson
homered; Otis grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  White Sox 0, Royals 4.

WHITE SOX 3RD: Downing grounded out (shortstop to first); Nyman
was hit by a pitch; Orta grounded out (first unassisted) [Nyman
to second]; Kelly walked; Melton doubled [Nyman scored, Kelly
scored]; Henderson grounded out (first unassisted); 2 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 2, Royals 4.

ROYALS 3RD: Mayberry grounded out (second to first); McRae
grounded out (third to first); Solaita struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 2, Royals 4.

WHITE SOX 4TH: May was called out on strikes; D. Johnson walked;
Dent grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [D.
Johnson out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 2,
Royals 4.

ROYALS 4TH: Brett grounded out (pitcher to first); White walked;
Patek was called out on strikes; Martinez lined to center; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 2, Royals 4.

WHITE SOX 5TH: Downing was called out on strikes; Nyman lined to
right; Orta struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 2,
Royals 4.

ROYALS 5TH: Pinson walked; Otis homered [Pinson scored];
Mayberry walked; OSBORN REPLACED BAHNSEN (PITCHING); McRae
walked [Mayberry to second]; Debut game for Ozzie Osborn;
Solaita was called out on strikes; Brett struck out; White flied
out to right; 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  White Sox 2, Royals 6.

WHITE SOX 6TH: Kelly flied out to center; Melton flied out to
right; Henderson flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
White Sox 2, Royals 6.

ROYALS 6TH: Patek grounded out (pitcher to first); Martinez
singled; Pinson forced Martinez (second to shortstop); Otis
doubled [Pinson to third]; Mayberry singled [Pinson scored, Otis
scored]; McRae forced Mayberry (third to second); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  White Sox 2, Royals 8.

WHITE SOX 7TH: COWENS REPLACED PINSON (PLAYING RF); May flied
out to right; D. Johnson walked; Dent forced D. Johnson
(shortstop to second); Downing singled [Dent to second]; Nyman
tripled [Dent scored, Downing scored]; Orta flied out to center;
2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 4, Royals 8.

ROYALS 7TH: Solaita grounded out (first to pitcher); Brett
doubled; White reached on a fielder's choice [Brett out at third
(pitcher to third to shortstop to third), White to second (on
throw to 3b)]; Patek flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
White Sox 4, Royals 8.

WHITE SOX 8TH: Kelly singled; Melton flied out to right;
Henderson doubled [Kelly scored]; MINGORI REPLACED BRILES
(PITCHING); May singled [Henderson to third]; BIRD REPLACED
MINGORI (PITCHING); D. Johnson hit a sacrifice fly to right
[Henderson scored]; SHARP BATTED FOR DENT; Sharp flied out to
center; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 6, Royals 8.

ROYALS 8TH: RICHARD REPLACED SHARP (PLAYING SS); Martinez
grounded out (shortstop to first); Cowens struck out; Otis flied
out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 6, Royals 8.

WHITE SOX 9TH: MUSER BATTED FOR DOWNING; Muser lined to center;
Nyman grounded out (first unassisted); Orta doubled; Kelly lined
to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 6, Royals 8.